Soap-holder and sprayer.



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(Application led Aug. 13, 1900.) (Bio Model.)

Unirse STATES PATENT Ormes.

ELMER S. HUGHEN ND MARY B; HUGHEN, F CHTCAGO, ILLINOIS.

soAP- HOLDR AND SPRAYER.

SPECIFIATION forming' part of Letters Patent N o. 670,234. dated March 19, 1901.

` Application inea August 13, 1900. sesamo. 26,731. (No modem .To ftZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELMER S. HUGHEN and MARY B. HUGHEN, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of "Illinois, have invented certain new and' useful Iniprovements in Soap-Holders and Sprayers, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of our invention is to provide an improved device for attachment to a water-faucet or water-pipe, said device being adapted to contain soap and suitably arranged for discharging a spray of suds into a receptacle containing dishes or like articles to be washed. j Further objects of our invention are to provide forreadily supplying or removing the 'soap from a device of this class, to provide an improved arrangement for forming the suds in said device, and to provide for readily cleaning the parts.

We accomplish these objects vby the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a device constructed according to our invention and attached to a water-pipe in operative positionA above a kitchen-sink, said sink being shown in section and containing asuitable receptacle for supporting the dishes to be washed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the body of the device. .,{fig 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. p

The device shown consists mainly of the casing 1, having a perforated bottom, the soap-receptacle 2, supported in said casing, and the supply-pipe 47 which is connected to the Water-supply, as'shown in'Fig. l.

The casing l is cylindrical at its Lipper part and has its walls extended to form the false bottom 5. Saidfalse bottom has an'aperture 6 thereinn and a tube 7, extending upwardly from said aperture and having its walls con-l nected to the horizontalv partition 8. The partition 8 has an aperture 9 therein registering with the tube 7'. The chambers 10 are entirely inclosed between the Walls of the tube 7 and partit-ion 8 and the false bottom 5. Said chambers 10 perform no function in the operation of the device except tolessen the Weight of same.

The soap-receptacle 2 is formed ofwov'en wire lor other perforated material and has an open tubular part 11 extendingverti'cally entirely through the receptacle. Thus a'free direct passage for 'wateris obtained from the supplyLpipe 4 through the tubular part 11 of the` soap-receptacle and through' the tube 7 in the lower part of the casing. The bottom 12 is threadedA to the casing at 13. Said bottom l2 is removed from. the false bottom 5, so as' to forma chamber 14 between same.l The bottom 12 is provided with a' series of perfor-ations 15, whichl are preferably. made to extend higher at the sides than at the front and rear of the device. in Fig. 1, it being assumed that the front of the device is toward the left of'said ligure.

'lhe purpose of giving this form to the perforated surface is to give the spray of water a' greater =spread lengthwise of the sink.

'lhe receptacle 2 is provided with a removable cover 16 and with legs 17 for supporting said receptacle above andr free from thespar I tition 8. The casing 1 is provid-ed iii/itliwa're` movable cover 1S, which is threaded to said casing at 19. The supply-pipe 4V is made This is illustrated.

integral with the cover 18V Yin the device shown. Y

The pipe 4 forms an-extension of the pipe 20. Said pipe 2O also has a depending branch faucet through which water `may b'e drawn from the supply and without passing through the soap-holder. A valve 23 is provided in the pipe 4 for closing Athe connection through said pipe. The pipe 2O `is connected to .the

being threaded into the elbow 26.

The dishes to'be washed will preferably bejv 21, provided with valve 22 and serving as a `Water-supply pipe 24 in the wall at the rear of the sink. -Said pipe 20 may connect with'V K the pipe 24 in `any well-known manner, as by The soap used in the receptacle 42 will surround the central open part 11. Said soap is preferably cut into thin shavings. v It will be seen that the water will be free to flow `through,`under, and around said receptacle 2. The force of thewater coming in contact with the soap forms the suds, which is carried through the perfor-ations 15. The cylinder 1 may be unscrewed from the cover 18 for the purpose ofcleaning. the device .or supplying soap to same. The bottom 12 is also made removable, heilig threaded to the cylinder 1. 'lhepurp'ose'of making said bottom removable is also to aid'in cleaning-the device.

It will be understood that some of the de-.

tails of construction of the deviceslrown may be altered without departing from the spirit of our invention. We therefore do not' con- .line ourselves to such details except as hereiuafter'limitod in the claims.

What `We claim as our inventiomandidesire to secure by Letters Patent,'is- I p.

l. ,A soap-holder and sprayer comprising a casing having a perforatedfbottom, al'vwatersupply pipe, communicating'with the upper part of the casing, and a perforated soap-re ceptacle having its body supported in said casing free from .the walls thereof, located between saidfsupplypipe and bottom and arranged to permit: the water to pass from said supplypipe around thesides of, and through said receptacle, substantially as described.

2. A soap-holder and sprayer comprising a casing having a hemispherical perforated bottom; a hemispherical false bottom located above and free from said perforated bottom ...J nuiumimtmtmuwmlllln" 'The false bottom 5- and having a passage larger than said perforations, leading from the upper part of the casing into the space between said bottoms; and a perforated soap-receptacle located between the supply-pipe' and said passage, and arranged to permit'the water to pass from said supply-.pipe around the sides of, and through same, substantially as describe 3. A soap-holder and sprayer comprising a casing having a false bottom with an aperture through same; a bottom ,for said casing with a free space between same and said false bottom, and having a series of perforations extending over an area considerably larger than said aperture; a supply-pipe in the upper part of the casing; and a perforated soapreceptacle in said casing between the supplypipe and said apertureythe body of said soap-receptacle being supported below and freefro'm said supplypipe, and free from the walls of said casing, and arranged to permit the water to pass from said supply pipe around the sides of, and through said receptacle. 4. A'soapholder and sprayer comprising a casing.rv having a perforated bottom and a supplypi pe, 'a perforated soap-receptacle located in said casing between and free from thesupply-pipe and perforatedbottom, said soapreceptacleA having an inner perforated wall surrounding a central open space, leaving a free direct passage between the supply-pipe andsaid bottom, said parte being arranged and adapted to operate substantiallyas shown and described. V

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 10th day of August, 1900. ,y

` ELMER S. HUGHEN.

MARY B. HUGHEN.

Witnesses: l

' WM. R. RUMMIJER,

GLEN C. STEPHENS. 

